(Pages 133-138.)

Early Settlement of Greece, [133].—Pelasgi and Hellenes, [134].—The Greek Language, [135].—Earliest Forms of Poetry, [137].—Legendary Poets, [138].

[Chapter II].—Age of Epic Poetry.

(Pages 139-156.)

Homer, [139].—The Iliad, [141].—The Odyssey, [147].—Minor Poems of Homer, [150].—Cyclic Poets, [152].—Hesiod and his Works, [152].—Poets of the Epic Cycle, [156].

[Chapter III].—Lyric Poetry.

(Pages 157-178.)

Rise and Varieties of Lyric Poetry, [157].—Callinus, [159].—Tyrtæus, [160].—Archilochus, [161].—Æolic and Doric Schools, [163].—Alcæus, [164].—The Lesbian Poetesses, [164].—Sappho, [165].—Sappho’s Pupils, [171].—Anacreon, [172].—Simonides, [174].—Minor Lyric Poets, [177].

[Chapter IV].—Rise of Greek Prose.

(Pages 178-184.)